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This section includes a fascinating miscellany of artefacts including maps, plans, pottery, coins, tokens, river views, bridges and much more. Dip in and enjoy!


 Bessie Dakin, Quorn – Sampler and Postcard  Bessie Dakin, Quorn – Sampler and Postcard
Bessie Dakin was born in 1885 and moved to Quorn with her family in 1906, where she lived ...... cont.
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 Woolly rhinoceros remains found at Quorn  Woolly rhinoceros remains found at Quorn
In 1938 the complete jaw of a woolly rhinoceros was discovered in the Quorn gravel pits ...... cont.
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 HMS Quorn bell - Ella Morag Stewart, baptism  HMS Quorn bell - Ella Morag Stewart, baptism
The bell of the Navy’s HMS Quorn was donated to Quorn village when the ship was ...... cont.
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 Hot air balloon lands in Warwick Avenue, Quorn, 1986  Hot air balloon lands in Warwick Avenue, Quorn, 1986
Do you remember the day in May 1986 when a hot air balloon landed in Warwick Avenue? It ...... cont.
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 Moated Medieval Hunting Lodge, Quorn  Moated Medieval Hunting Lodge, Quorn
Off Chaveney Road, along the public footpath by Mill Fields Farm is Quorn’s only national ...... cont.
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 Quorn’s Medieval Deer Park - Area  Quorn’s Medieval Deer Park - Area
There was no settlement of Quorn (or Quorndon) when the Domesday Book was produced in ...... cont.
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 Quorn’s Medieval Deer Park - Evidence  Quorn’s Medieval Deer Park - Evidence
There was no settlement of Quorn (or Quorndon) when the Domesday Book was produced in ...... cont.
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 Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name?  Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name?
The brook that flows from the Quorn parish boundary at Swithland Reservoir and passes ...... cont.
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 Buddon Wood – Quorn’s lost jewel  Buddon Wood – Quorn’s lost jewel
Buddon Wood once covered ¾ of a square mile, but due to quarrying, it is now reduced to a ...... cont.
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 Quorndon Sauce  Quorndon Sauce
This Quorndon Sauce label is designed to be hung round the neck of a bottle. It is made ...... cont.
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Total: 115 artefacts returned over 12 pages


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